Day 58

Objective:  The students will finish the short story.

1.  Get a lit book.

2.  WP Number 20

3.  Turn in WP Packet 11-20

4.  Finish "Catch the Moon."

5.  Stump the Teacher Chapters 55-56 (I hope you're working on this. Easy points or an essay!)

6.  Be safe tonight!

Day 57

Objective:  The students will read half of a short story.

1.  Get a lit book.

2. WP Number ______

3.  Unit 4 Notes:  Theme

4.  Read 1/2 of "Catch the Moon."

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ6lxTyT4uM

5.  Monte Cristo Chapters for Stump the Teacher.  You should be on Chapter 53-54.

 

Day 56

Objective:  The students will discuss how we will finish Monte Cristo.

We have 21 chapters left.  That's exactly 2 weeks.  We will finish the book, have a 300 point final, and complete your project.

1.  Discuss Monte Cristo Chapters 48-50 and turn in Study Guide.

2.  Chapters 51-60:  "Stump the Teacher."  You will read 2 chapters a night.  You will write TWO questions and answers to ask me NEXT TUESDAY.  If I don't know them, you get 5 points extra credit for each that I don't know.  You will have to pass a ONE QUESTION QUIZ to be able to participate.

3.  Project:  It is due exactly TWO WEEKS from today.

4.  Print your District Writing Test.

Day 53

Objective:  The students will complete the district writing test.

Sub tomorrow and Monday.  Be great.  If your name is mentioned as bad, you will fail the district writing test.  And it is a grade in Aeries.

1.  Discuss Chapter 46 of MC.

2.  District Writing Test:

     Thursday:  Close Read the three sources.   Read MC 47

     Friday:  Pre-writing (anything on paper handwritten is fine).   Read MC 48

     Monday:  Typing.  You will only have the one period to type it.   Read MC 49-50

3.  Monte Cristo reading.  Chapter 47:  The Promise

Day 52

Objective:  The students will analyze the story.

1.  Monte Cristo 45 Quiz:  1000 points period 5.

2.  Complete "The Beginning of Grief" analysis handout.

3.  Monte Cristo New Characters:  Madam St. Meran (and the dead husband)

4.  Read Chapter 46 (five pages)

Day 51

Objective:  The students will read a story and analyze its characters, POV and symbols.

1.  Discuss/Quiz (period 5) on Chapter 44

2.  Read (not close read) "The Beginning of Grief."  Be ready to discuss:

a)  POV

b)  Characters

c)  Symbols (hair, eyes, the kids, hands)

3.  Read an amazing chapter:  Chapter 45:  The Summer Ball.  Dantes "talks" alone with Mercedes for the first time in 24 years.

Day 50

Objective:  The students will know important words for this week's short story.

1.  WP Number ___

2.  Discuss MC Chapters 41-43

3.  "Beginning of Grief" Vocab

4.  MC Chapter 44

Vocabulary Exercise

1.     Unison (n)

2.    Prudent (adj)

3.    Excruciating (adj)

4.    Conscience (n)

5.    Interrogate (v)

6.    Periphery (n)

7.    Futile (adj)

8.    Torment (v)

9.    Judicious (adj)

1   Indignation (n)

Day 49

This is for Friday:  10/18

You have a sub today.  You WILL be good. 

Objective:  The students will complete as much of the movie as possible.

1. Movie from 36:22.  Remember, if you don't want to watch it, you are still expected to be quiet.

2.  Monte Cristo Chapters 41-43

 

Day 48

Objective:  The students will have a chill day to watch what they have just read.

Note for Zero Period:  The next two days we are watching the movie, Twelve Angry Men.  If there is a day that you have an early morning "doctor's appointment," tomorrow would be a good day to schedule it.

Note 2:  I have a conference tomorrow in L.A.  You will have a sub.  Be great!

1.  Movie

2.  Read Monte Cristo Chapters 41-43 by Monday and complete study guide.

Day 47

Objective:  The students will finish the play.

1.  Get out the MC Study Guide for me to look at.

2.  Discuss any questions from the study guide.

3.  Read Act 3.

No MC tonight unless you are behind.

Day 46

Objective:  The students will read Act II of the play.

1.  WP Number _____

2.  Act II Reading

3.  Monte Cristo Chapter Chapter 40.

Day 45

Objective:  The students will read Act 1.

1.  WP Number ______

2.  Read Act 1

3.  Read MC 38-39

Day 44

Objective:  The students will do some character analysis before we read the play.

1.  Discuss Monte Cristo Chapter 36:  Toxicology.

2.  Twelve Angry Men:  Discuss vocabulary definitions.  Turn in.

3.  Twelve Angry Men Characters:  Get out two different colored highlighters.

4.  Read Chapter 37:  The Rise and Fall of Stocks.  I will explain it to you.

Day 43

Objective:  The students will know important trial terms for our play that we will read.

1.  Talk about the MC Chapters (period 5 you get a quiz).  Add new characters to Character Chart.  Madame Villefort, Edward, and Valentine.

2.  Twelve Angry Men vocab. 

3.  Read Chapter 36.  Toxicology.  Try to figure out what the Count is trying to get Madam Villefort to do.

Day 42

Objective:  The students will write a great AP paragraph.

1.  Get out the MC Study Guide.  Let me see it.

1b:  Period 5 Quiz

2.  AP Writing:  The Treasure Metaphor: In Chapter 32, The Count of Monte Cristo discusses his wealth with Danglars.  This is a very important metaphor.  In a paragraph, explain it.

3.  Read MC 34-35

Day 41

Objective:  The students will practice writing an AP quality paragraph.

1.  MC Quiz 31

2.  AP Style Writing:  "The Presentation" paragraph.  Answer te following in a great paragraph:

Does Mercedes know that the Count of Monte Cristo is Dantes when she meets him for the first time after a 23 year absence from her life?

3.  Monte Cristo Chapters 32-33 reading:  Think:  Dantes does not want to kill his enemies (or he already would have).  What do you think he is going to do?

Day 40

Objective:  The students will see/hear an example of a perfect five songs for a Soundtrack.

1.  Discuss Chapter 30 MC

2.  Monte Cristo Song Quiz

3.  Work on Project

4.  Chapter 31:  The Count "meets" Fernand and Mercedes and Study Guide 

Voting for Homecoming Royalty will end today after second period. For those of you that teach freshmen, they may need more support in how this works.  At the beginning of second period, please allow students to log in at the following link:

mlk.voting4schools.com

Login is their student ID 

Password is their birthday with no zero in the password. For example, July 3, 2010 will be 7/3/2010.

Day 39

Objective:  The students will finish their creative voice writing.

1. MC Quiz 29 and discuss

2.  Complete creative voice writing.  This should be a fun activity.  This is also a two-day assignment.  DO NOT USE Snap AI, Chatgpt, or any other cheat!  Use your brain!

3.  Read Monte Cristo Chapter 30 and finish study guide

 

Day 38

Objective:  The students will do a bit of creative voice writing.

1.  Discuss Monte Cristo Chapter 28 (Period 5 you have a quiz).

2.  Open up the new assignment that I put in your Google Classroom.  Let's talk about what you are going to do.  Then be creative!  This should be a fun activity.  This is also a two-day assignment.  DO NOT USE Snap AI, Chatgtp, or any other cheat!  Use your brain!

3.  Read Monte Cristo Chapter 29:  Know what happens to Albert and think about who set it up and why.

Day 37

Objective:  The students will analyze the short story.

1.  WP Number ______

2.  Discuss Monte Cristo Chapters from last night:  26-27

3.  Finish The Secret Lion Work

4.  Read Monte Cristo Chapter 28

WP “The Secret Lion”

      In the short story, “The Secret Lion”, the author uses 2 distinct types of diction. And he accomplishes this by writing as if he was in jr. high school. Run-on sentences and specific word choice is evidence of his intended, child-like, thought process. The narrator comes to the realization that fate is ultimately not inescapable through his experiences with the four symbols of the story.

 

 

Day 36

Objective:  The students will finish reading The Secret Lion.

1.  MC Quiz 24-25

2.  Discuss and talk about the tone change at the end of the chapter.

3.  Read the first two paragraphs of Chapter 26.  Then fill out timeline and character list.

4.  Finish The Secret Lion

5.  Read MC Chapters 26-27 tonight.